The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-22
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Local and Personal.


ceipts of any day in some weeks
The c.. H. & d. system earned in the second
week of March $62, 800, increase over earnings |
corresponding week. 1886, s8,2l9.
G. W. Fairbanks railroad solicitor, has gone
to Canton and Cleveland to look after the inter
ests of the Corbin syndicate IN the Cleveland %
Canton road.
If reports are true there is large room for i'm
provemen. in the quality of the food furnished
at the railroad eating house of the e., ST L. d
p. at Logansport.
There was an exit of railroad officials last
night. to Chicago, to attend the meetings which
are to be held there to-day and tomorrow. Inc
through trains hauled a number OF special cars
Passenger men say that Florida travel from
this section has been fully 70 per cent lighter
this year than last while the travel to California
points has exceeded that of any former year 200
per cent.
There Is a loud call for cars to forward east
bound business. Tho grain men are quite
anxious to fill their April, and. in fact May. or
ciers before the close of this month while the
rate is in progress.
Philadelphia paper says: ''Garrett is no lon
ger the head nor Baltimore the headquarters of
the Baltimore & Ohio, and the people of that
city have settled down to the determination to
accept the situation and make the beet they can
of it."
Andrew Mertins, of Marion, Superintendent of
the g., ST. l. e. P. track from Hartford City to
Logansport, has been awarded the superintend-
ent's prize of 500 and the managers prize OF
$50 for the best kept division between Pittsburg
and Chicago.
The stockholders of the Terre Haute & Peoria
Railroad Company will hold a meeting in Deca-
tur, ILL.,, on April l, to vote on the proposition
to issue 81 800, 900 frstmortgage bonds on the
property, the money to be used in thoroughly
eGuipping the road.
Morris Shaffer, an old-time passenger con-
ductor on the c., J., ST. L. & G. road, but who
some two years ago left rairoading to engage in
the lumber trade, has accepted position on tho
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western road, under
VIM. Ii. Vandergrift
Some of the roads dislike to abandon the pay
ing of commissions to secure business. The
wisest Of the railroad men fast coming to the
behef, however, that commissions have been
the source Of more railroad wars than any other
feature of railroad operations.
''While it has been practically decided to re-
move the general freight Offices of the Michigan
Central road from Chicago to Detroit" says the
Inter Ocean, mo arrangements for the removal
have been made. It is probable that the change
will not be effected for four or five years"
Some of the line agents are Boosting loudly of
the demand for cars to load east bound, and the
volume of traffic they securing, but it does
not take a very shrewd agent to secure business
at 10 cents per 100 pounds over an agent that
maintains the TARIFF cents or more higher
The Santa Fe road has notified all connecting
lines to commence the sale of round-trip tickets
to FL Paso and also to Dsming, via Atchison,
Kansas City and Halstead, respectively, at the
same rates as are at present in force via the Mis-
souri Pacific and the Texas & Pacific roads to
Ell Paso.
J. III. Woodard who represents the Wabash
on the Pacific coast, has had printed in pamphlet
@orm the interstate commerce law, conveniently
arranged with headings, notes and index, and is
sending them broadcast over California as an
advertising medium of the Wabash road in that
territory.
Judge Cooley says the Western railroad man.
ayers are making a mistake in raising the rate
Tor mileage tickets from two cents to two and
one-half cents per mile. Eastern managers have
tickets, and the Western lines, Judge Cooley
says, have no good grounds for such action.
The New York Central & Hudson River Rail
road Company announces the entire success of
its experiments IN heating passenger cars by the
- use OF steam from the engine, and the plea Of
impracticabiity set up by old-fogysh ard mean
spirited railroad managers against the adoption
of a safe system in place of the murderous stove
will henceforth be more absurd than ever
1t is stated that the c., Fl. g. d. management
have decided to dispense with the services of the
train spoilers, which are more politely termed
train agents. The travelling public will appre-
.ciaie such a reform. Aside from the unpleasant
impression it gives one regarding the conductor
it is unpleasant to think that will follow
daily vocation the position of spotter on a
train.
The Investigation OF the Forest Hill railroad
disaster, E:es nearly all investigations of the
kind. doesn't amount to much. Those who have
care of the cars say they were all right as far as
human senses could discover. Others say the
Of the bridge. The train right, the
axles and wheels were sound. the bridge good
and strong, and so 1t may be true. but
number of such accidents is what begets the sus
picion that it is not true.
The prospects are good that the Blue line will
laedS OF her T, A e, "a
work their east bound business out of Indian
apolis. as it is questionable whether the L., N
A d c. can afford to accept the rates which, or
their local business, they will be forced to do il
they continue to work their road as through
line from any of their Southern points. The
road does heavy local business, and this i.
steadily increasing and it behooyes them to fos
ter 1t at every point
II. A. Fisher. general manager Of the St Lou
is e. Central Illinois road has been in the city
for day or two. the guest of w. H. Fisher. His
wife accompanied him. Under his management
this road Is paying operating expenses, and ha!
something left to improve the property in the
way or stations. ETC.. as well maintain the
physical condition of the property generally
The Wabash management stated to the pur
chasing committee that when they operated tn.
line the earnings fell 81. 500 per month short O
paying even the operating expenses.
The report is confirmed that the Baltimore &
Ohio Express Company have scooped the express
franchise of the East Tennessee, Virginia 6
Georgia system. The scoop of the franchise
was a great victory for the Baltimore s. Ohio
and will give them 1900 miles of road on which
their express will operate. It will give then
entrance to all the leading Southern cities. Thei
hold in the South is firmly established
This SCOOP gives color to the rumor relative L
the consolidation of the Richmond e. West Poin
Terminal system with that of the Baltimore {
Ohio
The express companies are still trying to cues
ont where they stand under the interstate law
Many opinions have been obtained from lawyers
no two of which agree. The chances are tina
the courts will hold that express companies ar
subject to the law as common carriers, just a
much railroads are If otherwise the rail
roads create other CARRYING agents will
special privileges. and through such agencie
transport by passenger freight trains sucl
classes of traffic as it may be desirable to hay